Helpful Score: 13
I'm still not quite sure how I feel about this book. It was good, don't get me wrong. I just felt that there was so MUCH angst between Cabal and Cassa that it tended to overshadow everything else. At the end of Tanner's Scheme you really felt kind-of sorry for Cabal. How alone he was, and the guilt at the loss of Jolie. But in this book you find that his being lonely/alone is all his own fault. He has known who his mate is for eleven years. He has just refused to claim her. Not couldn't, wouldn't. I never truly felt his reasons for not claiming his mate became clear enough to sympathize with. At lease with Cassa, you could understand that her guilt over her then huband's betrayal of the breeds would keep her away from him. She truly believes that he blames her for the loss of his family/pride. There were a couple of places in the book where I felt that he was a bit cruel to her. Not in a punish her for the past sort of way, but anyone with half a brain and the past Cassa has with the dead husband would know she would most likely feel guilt. There is one coversation where Cabal tells her the reason why she is investigating this series of murders is that she is trying to make up for what her husband did. "You need to absolve yourself. That's the reason you've done this all these years. It's the reason why you've always fought to see the Breeds as heroes and victims rather than the killers we were created to be. It's why you put yourself in danger time and again for the Breeds. You can't make up for what Watts did." A few seconds later in that conversation, after she says that has nothing to do with this, he tells her: "It has everything to do with this, Cassa. You think putting yourself in the line of fire will make anyone else see you differently?" Now given the past revealed at the beginning of the book about Cassa, these comments strike of a truly DENSE man or one deliberately trying to hurt her emotionally. It's no surprise that she takes these comments to mean that the breeds blame her for her dead husband's perfidy in betraying the breeds, for not realizing what he was up to, and that they will always hold her responsible and nothing she does can change that. I just found him to not be as honest and forthright as most of the breeds, and that bothered me a bit. Also, in this book we find out that since his escape from the lab, he has know who his mate was. Known that Cassa was his mate, and still slept around like an alley cat. Lora Leigh has insinuated with this book that even though he knew from the beginning, and she knew fairly quickly later, by staying away from each other they managed to avoid the "mating heat" kicking in. She does a very good job of showing Cassa's struggle to deal with the guilt and feelings of responsibility, but I just don't feel for Cabal in this story like I wanted to given the information about him in the other books. He does finally admit that he was running from her because he was scared, but it just felt like a "too little too late" type of thing. I still have to say my favorite breed stories so far are Mercury's War, and Elizabeth and Cassie's story with Dash.
Helpful Score: 4
Honestly not that bad, as far as the whole story, but her facts are skewed badly in this one. In Tanner's story they claimed to have found Cabel actually in the pit and the only one to have survived. But in Bengal, which is actually Cabel's story, they find him in the control room standing over a woman who had been trying to rescue the breeds from his lab but who was actually in turn betrayed by her own husband and Cabel 'blames' her for the loss of his packmates due to her husband's crime.
Also in this one she contradicts herself by claiming that Cabel never enters her home but in the next paragraph claims that he comes and goes in her home as he wants.
Lastly, is the second introduction of the 'Deadly Dozen'. Why is this a second intro? Because in Elizabeth's Wolf, Dash's command unit was known as the Deadly Dozen, and even though Dash is a Wolf, he joined with the felines since they at that time had little or no knowledge of how Wolfe was doing. But in Bengal a new group is introduced as the 'Deadly Dozen' - and this time it is a group of men who hunted free or escaped breeds before Sanctuary was founded.
Also in this one she contradicts herself by claiming that Cabel never enters her home but in the next paragraph claims that he comes and goes in her home as he wants.
Lastly, is the second introduction of the 'Deadly Dozen'. Why is this a second intro? Because in Elizabeth's Wolf, Dash's command unit was known as the Deadly Dozen, and even though Dash is a Wolf, he joined with the felines since they at that time had little or no knowledge of how Wolfe was doing. But in Bengal a new group is introduced as the 'Deadly Dozen' - and this time it is a group of men who hunted free or escaped breeds before Sanctuary was founded.
Helpful Score: 3
I liked it but didn't love it.
Helpful Score: 2
this is my second book i have read by this writer. She is a very adult romance writer and it is not for the faint at heart. I love the romance scenes. I find myself skimming the rest of the story in the beginning because you just can't get enough of the "needing" period. She needs to make the rest of the story a tad more exciting to really get into the character. It is a good, fast read. But remember I warned you....It is a ADULT ROMANCE...
Helpful Score: 2
This is the first book I have read by this author and I know that it is well into the series, although I did not feel lost in any part of the story. It was well written for a romance and had enough action for my Uf loving side. I found it an enjoyable escape book, filled with romance and intrigue. The two main characters were lusty/sexy and a bit unbelievable at times. The fact that she had known for so many years that she was his mate and being a strong reporter did nothing with that ?!?! That was the only mayor flaw for me. I got over it and really enjoyed the book. I want to read more in this series, I need to know more about the Primal....
Helpful Score: 1
This book is full of hot sex. If you'd like to read about a yummy male horny tiger, this is the book for you that just came onto the market. Lora Leigh readers KEEP these BREED series of books for re-reading, which is why it's hard to find any for swapping. The believeability of the story line gets thin, especially at the end, but Leigh leaves us wanting to read more.
Helpful Score: 1
Lora Leigh does it again. This breed story is really good. I read the whole book in one day. I cant wait for the next one.
Helpful Score: 1
Not as good as her others IMO...but still ok read
Helpful Score: 1
Zero stars.
book description already given. That being said--didn't like this at all. Don't buy this. Wait for someone (like me) to swap a copy. Both main characters need a good swift kick.
The other reviewer, Dawn B, just about says it all. I got about a third of the way through this and just couldn't stand the nasty, unhelpful, angst ridden whining of both male and female.
Read the last two chapters just to see how it ended. This whole series has been hit or miss for me. And this one is a big miss. To be brutal here, I'm sorry I wasted my time reading the parts I did.
Anything I say would be a repeat of a lot of Dawn B's comments so I'm just trying to say where she stated "I'm still not quite sure how I feel about this book." I know how I feel. Don't waste YOUR time.
book description already given. That being said--didn't like this at all. Don't buy this. Wait for someone (like me) to swap a copy. Both main characters need a good swift kick.
The other reviewer, Dawn B, just about says it all. I got about a third of the way through this and just couldn't stand the nasty, unhelpful, angst ridden whining of both male and female.
Read the last two chapters just to see how it ended. This whole series has been hit or miss for me. And this one is a big miss. To be brutal here, I'm sorry I wasted my time reading the parts I did.
Anything I say would be a repeat of a lot of Dawn B's comments so I'm just trying to say where she stated "I'm still not quite sure how I feel about this book." I know how I feel. Don't waste YOUR time.
Can't go wrong with this book. Love the characters.
another great one by Leigh. worth the read.
I picked this book up at a book sale, and although it is well-written, it is STEAMY (I was not aware it was an erotic romance). I'm not a prude, but this is definitely graphic sex and swearing. The book about humans and Breeds (kind of like a genetic blend of animal and human)is a good unique plot with good characters that I was rooting for.
I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed getting to see Cabal St Laurents character again, and getting to know him. This book was great, a hot alpha male, and a equal alpha female. I was alittle disappionted by the begining of the book, but it came together so well. Only Lora Leigh could put out so many different books on breeds without them bleeding together, and still having such differences in all her books. I recommend Lora Leigh to EVERYONE, even getting a copy of all the books together for my BF for christmas.
First book in this series that I have read and I could hardly put it down. I plan to read all the books of the breed series soon as possible. It was exciting and held my interest all the way through.
Brenda
Brenda
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I didn't like this Lora Leigh Breed story very much. I had to make myself finish it. It's still a better book than others write, but there was just way too much drama and angst between Cassa and Cabal. It's scene after scene of heated argument, sex, argument, sex, verbal sparring, sex, disagreement, sex. I'm not against the sexual scenes - it's all good with me, but the angst between the hero and heroine was completely overplayed.
If you haven't read the previous books in the series, you can still read this book, but it's not really a stand alone book. The characters in this book have appeared in previous Breed stories.
The storyline in Bengal's Heart doesn't match with what was in Tanner's book. Tanner of course is Cabal's twin. In Tanner's Scheme, we were told that Cabal is very lonely, he had no one to love and yearned for a relationship like the one Tanner had with Scheme, but here in this book we found out that Cabal has known Cassa was his mate for eleven years, but refused to claim her as his mate. Elven years! That flies in the face of what we know about mating heat among the Breeds. This is not like Dawn in Dawn's Awakening who had problems claiming Seth for many years because of all the horrendous abuse she experienced in the Breed Labs. Cabal has no such issues. Instead he refuses to claim Cassa for a very flimsy reason.
There's no love, no trust, no connection between Cabal and Cassa. When he finally admits to his feelings, it comes at the very end of the book, I didn't care. She isn't any better. She's got to be one of the most idiotic investigative reporters on the planet. She's one of those heroines who is always combative and headstrong to the point of being a danger to herself and others.
If you haven't read the previous books in the series, you can still read this book, but it's not really a stand alone book. The characters in this book have appeared in previous Breed stories.
The storyline in Bengal's Heart doesn't match with what was in Tanner's book. Tanner of course is Cabal's twin. In Tanner's Scheme, we were told that Cabal is very lonely, he had no one to love and yearned for a relationship like the one Tanner had with Scheme, but here in this book we found out that Cabal has known Cassa was his mate for eleven years, but refused to claim her as his mate. Elven years! That flies in the face of what we know about mating heat among the Breeds. This is not like Dawn in Dawn's Awakening who had problems claiming Seth for many years because of all the horrendous abuse she experienced in the Breed Labs. Cabal has no such issues. Instead he refuses to claim Cassa for a very flimsy reason.
There's no love, no trust, no connection between Cabal and Cassa. When he finally admits to his feelings, it comes at the very end of the book, I didn't care. She isn't any better. She's got to be one of the most idiotic investigative reporters on the planet. She's one of those heroines who is always combative and headstrong to the point of being a danger to herself and others.
I love all of these books so far. I am kinda reading them out of order but this book was one of my favorites. I just loved Cabal since I read Tanner's story. Im glad he got his hea.
Lora Leigh delivers her signature mix of hot sex and page turning action. Cabal is the requisite hunky hero but you've got to wonder what gene controls stubborn pigheadedness. It's pretty obvious the Breeds all got a double-dose. Cabal has been avoiding completing the mating with Cassa for eleven years - while watching over her from afar. Now her time, and his, has come; if they can only live long enough to enjoy it.
The plot revolves around a series of murders which the Breeds are trying to solve while keeping them from becoming public as they are obviously Breed kills. A lot of painful history is brought to light and some threads are laid down for future books. The way that the supporting character, Dog, is presented makes it obvious that there is a book out there for him. One of the more amusing bits is Jonas' negative comments at the whole mating thing when we know that his book is up next...
Breeds
1. Tempting the Beast (2003)
2. The Man Within (2004)
3. Elizabeth's Wolf (2005)
4. Kiss of Heat (2004)
5. Soul Deep (2004)
6. The Breed Next Door (2005) (in Hot Spell)
7. Megan's Mark (2006)
8. Harmony's Way (2006)
9. Tanner's Scheme (2007)
10. Wolfe's Hope (2004) (in Primal Heat)
11. Jacob's Faith (2003)
12. Aiden's Charity (2007)
13. In a Wolf's Embrace (2007) (in Beyond the Dark)
14. Dawn's Awakening (2008)
15. A Jaguar's Kiss (2008) (in Shifter)
16. Mercury's War (2008)
17. Christmas Heat (2008) (in The Magical Christmas Cat)
18. Coyote's Mate (2009)
19. Bengal's Heart (2009)
20. Lion's Heat (2010)
The plot revolves around a series of murders which the Breeds are trying to solve while keeping them from becoming public as they are obviously Breed kills. A lot of painful history is brought to light and some threads are laid down for future books. The way that the supporting character, Dog, is presented makes it obvious that there is a book out there for him. One of the more amusing bits is Jonas' negative comments at the whole mating thing when we know that his book is up next...
Breeds
1. Tempting the Beast (2003)
2. The Man Within (2004)
3. Elizabeth's Wolf (2005)
4. Kiss of Heat (2004)
5. Soul Deep (2004)
6. The Breed Next Door (2005) (in Hot Spell)
7. Megan's Mark (2006)
8. Harmony's Way (2006)
9. Tanner's Scheme (2007)
10. Wolfe's Hope (2004) (in Primal Heat)
11. Jacob's Faith (2003)
12. Aiden's Charity (2007)
13. In a Wolf's Embrace (2007) (in Beyond the Dark)
14. Dawn's Awakening (2008)
15. A Jaguar's Kiss (2008) (in Shifter)
16. Mercury's War (2008)
17. Christmas Heat (2008) (in The Magical Christmas Cat)
18. Coyote's Mate (2009)
19. Bengal's Heart (2009)
20. Lion's Heat (2010)
An enjoyable read, but somewhat mediocre for this series.
Another great book in the Breed Series, Lora Leigh just doesn't disappoint the reader.
